It may not be the happiest of homecomings for Harry, however, as he rubbed some people the wrong way with his comments to the media about his time at war, likening co-piloting an Apache helicopter to playing video games.

"It's a joy for me because I'm one of those people who loves playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I like to think I'm probably quite useful," he said in an interview that aired on the BBC on Monday.